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The interesting thing about having a blog is the questions you sometimes get asked. Take this one for instance: Which company would you recommend for life insurance? We don’t represent every life company in South Africa, so that’s a tough one 🙂 The correct answer is...

It would probably take 3 or 4 missed pay cheques to sink most South African households. That is an extremely sobering thought, isn’t it? If you found yourself in a situation where you could no longer earn an income (due to an accident or illness), it could very easily...

Hands up if you love paying tax, especially after the Bosasa scandal? There is a way to pay as little as possible legally, but you’re going to have to act quickly. How do you pay as little tax as possible? The answer lies in retirement funds, and specifically...

Imagine having the following conversation with your boss: Them: Listen (put your name here), you know that pension fund you belong to? The one we’re deducting from your salary every month? You: Yes… Them: Well, we’ve decided that instead of investing the money...

What’s makes you choose one car and home insurance company over another? Is it because: You’re getting the best deal you possibly can, and You’re not going to have hassles if you claim? Funnily enough, for your insurance company it’s about the same two things: Are we...

Ask yourself these two questions when buying Discovery Life assurance: Am I a Discovery Health member on one of their comprehensive plans? Am I prepared to make the effort to get to Vitality diamond status? That’s it. Answer both with "yes" and you’re a match made in...

Are you thinking about taking out a “hospital insurance” policy of sorts? Perhaps your medical aid contributions are getting a little heavy, and you are considering canceling your membership to free up some spare cash every month? Might be a plan, but before you pick...

Do you feel like you wasted a lot of money in 2018 without even being aware of it? If your answer is "Yes", join the club. We aren't into New Year's resolutions, but we have spent some time thinking about ways we could plug the potential leaks in our budgets and enjoy...

Tell us, what do you expect from your insurance? Some of us expect to be better off after a claim. But for most of us, we simply want to be in the same situation as we were before the loss. In this blog post, we look into car insurance excesses and how to avoid...

Paul recognizes the number displayed on his phone. Paul had been expecting this call for a while now. In fact, over the past month, he’d received a call from them every week. He’d run out of excuses and he knew deep down that the end had come! Paul speaking, hello… Hi...

Today we’re asking two questions: Is gap cover a waste of money? Is Zestlife just out there to take your money? Before we answer those questions, here are three things we hate about medical care in South Africa: Spending thousands of Rands a year on medical aid when...

Not sure whether we should be telling you this, but what the heck, we can’t help ourselves. First off, if you asked us what’s the one thing which has made Discovery Health so successful, we’d have to say Vitality. In fact, and this is a big statement to make, Vitality...

One thing is guaranteed…none of us are getting out of here alive. That’s why, if we have loved ones who depend on us, it makes perfect sense to own life insurance. Think about this for a moment…. There’s a risk almost as bad as dying, which is competing for top...

South Africa is in a technical recession and we're all feeling it. You don’t need a PhD in Economics to get the sense that this isn’t good news for the average South African who is already struggling to make ends meet. Hold up your hand if you are feeling the pinch?...

Boitumelo isn’t your average young women starting her first job. She’s also the head of a single parent household with a young son to take care of. Her story gets a lot more complicated. Her son lives with her mom in the Transkei while Boitumelo stays in Gauteng. Her...

Should you downgrade to a cheaper plan next year...or upgrade to a more expensive one? Today we're only looking at the Rands and Cents equation when making that decision. However, before we wax lyrical, none of this is going to make any sense unless you first download...

There is a car insurance advert that’s currently on TV (feels like we’ve seen it a million times already) where a charismatic young guy rolls around with “happy customers” in a car, chatting about how much money they’ve saved since switching. Hands up if you know...

We don’t have a great savings culture in South Africa. Perhaps it’s because we are battling to keep our proverbial heads above water, or maybe most of us simply have a “live for today” philosophy which is tough to shake. Either way government recognizes our “lack of...

The steps in taking out life insurance have never changed. In exchange for covering your risk (dying, without enough money to look after your family), the life insurer then accepts a regular payment from you called a premium. The day you eventually...

Not too long ago your medical aid scheme contributions were tax deductible within limits. Then, in March 2012, SARS did away with this system and introduced Medical Scheme Fees Tax Credits (MTC). Let’s look at two things: how it works, and why we think it isn't fair....

Just about everybody has been burnt when it comes to car and home insurance. Spend some time understanding the nitty gritty and avoid repudiated claims and heartache. Read about Car & Home Insurance here.